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Turner, also eulogised tlie paper, and spoke of the advisability of the Government 
establishing a Department of Agriculture, with a view of extending the knowledge 
of that branch of science throughout the community. With our varied soils and 
climate, he said, there were few plants, tropical or otherwise, which could not 
be cultivated, but farmers must first of all have instruction and encouragement. 
An inquest was held at the Soudan Hotel, Lower George-street, upon the 
body of a miner named James Grant, who died at the Golden Age Hotel, 
under rather peculiar circumstances. It appears that the deceased left Melbourne 
on the 23rd of last month, having booked his passage there for Cambridge 
Gulf, intending to continue his journey from Sydney by the Pathcm. From 
the evidence given, it seemed that he suffered very much from sea-sickness 
on the passage, and that he had not been feeling at all well. On arrival here 
he was advised to consult a chemist in the neighbourhood, but he said that 
he had some medicine with him. Mr. K. G. Dumas, a chemist, gave evidence 
to the effect that three young men, who were going to Kimberley, called at his 
shop, and asked him to come and see one of their mates, who was very ill. 
He went and saw him, but declined to prescribe. Later on he called again 
with some medicine prescribed for deceased by Dr. Philip, and on rousing him 
to give him a dose, found a bottle of methylated laudanum, which had been 
concealed beneath his pillow. (The bottle, which was a four ounce one, wa3 
produced.) He took the bottle away with him, and gave it to the police. 
Dr. Alexander Philip gave evidence to the effect that he was called to see 
deceased, and found him sitting on the edge of the bed coughing most 
distressingly. Deceased was then under the influence of drink, and declined to 
be examined, but from the objective symptoms Dr. Philip thought he was 
suffering from an acute form of broncho-pneumonia. There were no symptoms 
whatever of narcotic poisoning. On the following morning Sergeant M £ Donald 
informed him that the man was dead. After having made a 'post-mortem 
examination, he was of opinion that the deceased died of sudden syncope of the 
heart, the consequence of fatty degeneration of that organ. The jury returned 
a verdict in accordance with the medical evidence. 
A lad named Francis Randall, aged fifteen, residing at 27 Pelican-street, 
off Oxford-street, made an experiment which nearly cost him his life. While 
employed at the soda manufactory, corner of Stanley and Palmer streets, 
Woolloomooloo, he drank a cupful of “ white spirits,” which soon completely 
overpowered him. He was taken immediately to the Sydney Hospital, where 
he was treated for his malady. 
Farewell Dinner to Dr. J. F. Elliott. 
The Sydney pharmacists gave a farewell dinner on Thursday evening, 29th 
July, at the German Club House, Castlereagh-street, to Dr. J. F. Elliott, prior to his 
departure to Europe. Mr. J. S. Abraham occupied the chair, and Mr. H. 
Sadler the vice-chair ; most of the leading city and suburban pharmacists being 
present, the guest of the evening being on the right of the chairman, and Mr. 
H. Shillinglaw, the secretary of the Pharmacy Hoard of Yictoria, who was 
present by invitation, on his left. After an excellent dinner had been disposed 
of, the chairman proposed the toast of the evening, “Dr. J. F. Elliott.” He (Mr. 
Abraham) felt proud when such men as Dr. Elliott left our shores to represent 
in different lands the commercial interests of our large firms. He was sure 
that the honour of the colony was safe in such hands. Many of them remembered the 
father of their guest and the prominent part that he took in the affairs of their 
profession. The name of Dr. Elliott, sen., would be long remembered by them, 
and he would not say that their guest would be better than his father was, 
